Despite a long period of sustained peace, growing suspicion and the competitive development of new technologies and weapons have led to the breakout of world war on Tamriel.

The major Galactic superpowers begin to ply various factions with arms, according to the benefits they perceive in victory. It is suspected amongst some of the Galactic political circles that some powers are funding several factions in order to create a long war and thus potentially weaken the planet. As war becomes inevitable, the kingdoms of Tamriel begin to form powerful alliances ....

Teams within each group battle each other with the winning teams in each group then battling for total control of the planet (best-of-3).

If two teams both have two wins in the group stage then a one-game tie-break occurs. If three teams have two wins in the group stage then a one-game three-team doubles tie-break occurs (teams get to pick their representatives).